SEATTLE — Within a 12-hour period, two people were shot and killed in two separate shootings in Seattle's SODO neighborhood.
The shootings happened less than a mile apart and less than two miles from T-Mobile Park, where hundreds of officers are staffed for All-Star Week.
The first shooting happened in the parking lot outside the Shell gas station at the corner of 4th Avenue South and South Lander Street. According to the Seattle Police Department, officers responded to a 911 call about a person being shot there just after 11:30 p.m. Friday.
SPD said officers found a deceased man with a gunshot wound.
The second deadly shooting happened just south of the Old Rainier Brewery. The department tweeted that the shooting took place near the intersection of Airport Way South and South Hinds Street.
Police said in a press release that Sound Transit Security found an unresponsive man near a fence line. Police arrived at around 9 a.m. and determined the man had been shot and declared him dead at the scene.
The Seattle Police Department's Crime Scene Investigations Unit responded to both of the scenes alongside Homicide detectives who will lead the investigations.
Anyone with information about either of these shootings is asked to call the Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.
Seattle Police data shows that as of May 31, there had been 3 shootings in SODO in 2023. None of them were deadly.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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